FARM NOTES
WINTERING COWS AVOID PASTURE DAMAGE Mechanical damage to pastures on heavy land subject to pugging in winter will greatly lower productivity. Where the dairy herd cannot be wintered off the farm it should be kept on the driest areas to minimise wastage of feed and to keep intact those paddocks which will produce the greatest amount of feed over the season, states Massey College bulletin.
- Wintering-off should be adopted as much as possible on heavy dairying country to lighten the mechanical damage to pastures, and to obtain the early feed response which follows winter spelling. Generally, the stock go on to hill country where there is plenty of cattle feed. The main difficulty to the herdowner is one of getting grazing close enough to the farm to feed hay if this should be necessary, and to keep a watchful eye on stock in case of, ill-health or premature calving. Cost of wintering-off now varies from 2/6 to 4/- per head weekly.
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Bay of Plenty Beacon, Volume 11, Issue 43, 20 June 1947, Page 6
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163FARM NOTES Bay of Plenty Beacon, Volume 11, Issue 43, 20 June 1947, Page 6
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